The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-02-19
REPUBLICANS IN NEW YORK.

REPUBLICANS IN NEW YOhN.
More About the Norton IIiscock " Com
btue'' and What II Is Doing to Har-
nonize" the Party.
There is no gainsaying the genuine
ness of the Rcpublicanism of Chautau-
qua County. Perhaps, on that very |
account, It seems destined to occupy |
conspicuous place in certain political
crises. 1t played prominent part in
the memorable Senatorial struggle of
1881, and decided the contest which twas
lately brought to c.ose. The deser-
ton of its two Assemtlymen from the
Miller phalanx to the Morton-Hiscock
"combinc," enabled the millionaire
banker to crafty his revenge on the
Herkimer statesman for his defeat two
years ago, and the journal to get even
with him for knocking out another
millionaire banker in the Saratoga
convention in 1885. Mcssrs. Frost and
Horton, the Assemblymen in question,
represent constituencies that strongly
favored the reelection of Senator Mil
Ter. The jamestown Journal, the lead
ing Republican organ of Chautauqua
| County, voices the sentiments of those
constituencies in the following sharp,
unmistakablc language:
| Chautauqua's representatives are despsed
| by great many for tho action they took Even
| Morton and Hiscock supporters, while they pat
ted Messrs. Frost and Horton on the back Sc
| cretly thought less OF them for deserting the
man to whom they had pledged their support,
and Chautauqua County has not gained any
| thing In good repute by the course pursued.
. Why they voted as they did, the Journal
does not pretend to say. They were Miller men
and they voted for Hiscock. differences can be
drawn to suit individual views. Had Frost
and Horton held firm to their promise, Senator
Miller would have been renominated, and they
were told this. Had they proved true, the
wishes of their constituents would have been
fulfilled. 1t must be remembered both
piedgcd themselves to Senator Miller and then
voted for Mr.. Hiscock. Mr.. Frost was
almos: an object Of pity, or OF scorn. Inde-
cisve, weak and faltering, his voice trembled
US time after time he voted for Miller, know
ing that it would be his treachery that would
nominate Mr.. Hiscock. The less said
about this matter the better for the party. The
Journa, believes that Frost and Horton basely
betrayed their constituents, but their reasons
for the change can only be imagined.
This is very unpleasant for the Chau-
tauqua Assemblymen. and adds new
interest to the peculiar tactics resorted
to by the "combine" to defeat Warner
Miller. Mr.. Frost and Mr.. Taylor, of
Chenango, signed the iron-clad pledge
, to support Mr.. Miller. Mr.. Horton,
although personally in favor of Mr.
Morton, declared for the Herkimer can
; didate when the wishes of his constitu.
ents were explained to him. The con-
, stituents of all three men are now try.
) ing to imagine the reasons for their re-
: markable change of base at the mos
,, critical moment. The impression il
gaining ground throughout the State
, that the "combine" was not such ,
. brilliant piece of strategy as it was rep
l resented ut first, and that, instead o
; harmonizing factional differences, i
: has aggravated them to an exten
. which bodies i'll for the party in the fall
r The prospects for Morton men repre-
r senting Miller districts are not encour
: aging Constituencies are not apt t.
y let pass with impunity such flagran
n disobedience of their declared wishe
t on the part of their representatives a
r Albany.
lhC tpOVpphC WI
was not without effect. 1t is not agree
+ able reading for Republicans in the Mil
+ Ter districts that their Senators and As
It semblymen were delivered like S
$ much merchandise, to the man VIII
9 had the lowest number of votes, by til
~ 'scrambling" candidate. Since e>
o Alderman Duify's graphic description
is of the meetings that eliminated in til
d Broadway railroad steal, there ha
!, II been no example of combine" S
= bold in its operations and so defined i
i its opposition to public sentiment q
e that there effected. When, as e,
8 Senator Macarthur pithily expresse
u u it Mr.. Morton ''delivered the goods,
q h, could not deliver the districts frol
IS which the goods came at the SAN
1. time. The combine" may find til;
k OFT at the next election. lSenato
70 Warner Miller is not likely to perm
y himself to be chiselled out of what w;
X his due by any "scrambling about I'll
a corridors without striking back
" AIbauU ArOUS